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Readers give $112K in donations to fund

Grant program to be announced this spring

PORT ANGELES — More than $112,000 has been raised by Peninsula families since the Peninsula Daily News launched its annual fundraising campaign.

The Peninsula Home Fund, now in its 35th year, will continue to conduct the campaign throughout the year to provide an avenue for neighbors to help neighbors on the North Olympic Peninsula.

It focuses on giving residents the opportunity to help those in need with a “hand up, not a handout.”

Through Thursday, donations totaled $112,496.91.

Since 1989, the Home Fund has raised more than $5.05 million to help those in need in Clallam and Jefferson counties.

Last year, $180,202 was contributed through the holiday season.

Donations, along with the names of the donors, should they elect to have them published, are presented in the Peninsula Daily News throughout the campaign.

Last fall, a committee upgraded the process for distributing the funds while keeping firmly in place the core value of neighbor helping neighbor.

Under the new system, a committee will announce this spring that grants are available for nonprofits that serve Clallam and Jefferson counties. Olympic View Community Foundation, a longstanding 501(c)(3) nonprofit, will oversee the awarding of the grants.

Through good times and bad, the generosity and compassion of Peninsula residents has remained constant. Some donate throughout the year while others provide one donation during the campaign months.

From children’s pennies to checks for thousands of dollars, each donation makes a difference, helping people from Port Townsend to Forks, from Quilcene and Brinnon to Sequim, Port Angeles, Joyce and La Push.

All contributions are fully federally tax-deductible for the year in which the check is written.

Those who wish to donate can mail checks to Peninsula Daily News, P.O. Box 1330, Port Angeles, WA, 98362, or to Olympic View Community Foundation, P.O. Box 3651, Sequim, WA, 98382.

An online option is available at https://ov-cf.org/peninsula-home-fund-donation.

All are invited to participate in this tradition of giving, one unique to the Peninsula. Many donors have given for years, and we thank them for their generosity. It makes a difference for our community.

The following is a donor list from Jan. 22-28:

Name only

• Barbara Priest, Brinnon.

• Patty Waite, Sequim.

Anonymous

• Port Angeles, $30.

• Sequim, $100.

• Port Angeles, $100.

• New York, $10.

• Port Angeles, $500.

• New York, $10.

• New York, $10.

• New York, $10.

• New York, $10.

• New York, $10.

• New York, $10.

• New York, $10.

• New York, $10.

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• New York, $10.

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